Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:33 pm  

rugbyball wrote:

You could not afford to survive at Oakwell. You would lose crowd numbers, your identity, ground related income streams.

And as a side note, have you asked Barnsley about this yet? Do they get a say in it.

Oh she's back!!
Whatever we would lose would be a short term loss, losing SL licence would be a long term loss.
Hopefully they have been consulted, and I'm sure they would approve a short term tennant, as they're possibly as strapped as most other sports clubs.
I hope I have in some way eased your worries for us!

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:34 pm  

[quote="Fully"]G'houghton will go ahead and be built. But just phased - I think that's the sticking point financially. We have enough to go it alone and build some structure but not enough to complete the entire stadium. With Wakefield on board the likelihood is that the whole complex will be sorted.[/quote]

Good luck with it and thats something i've said all along, i have no axe to grind with the Cas club.

I can't see that happening Fully, time will tell but i very much doubt it.

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:34 pm  

rugbyball wrote:

Having said that Im sure the RFL will go for it as long as you call yourselves Barnsley Bears. Cos I do not think they will buy a Wakefield franchise playing in Barnsley. And like I said before Im not sure your business plan would stack up and that is more important in any franchise application.

What is our business plan, and what are it's failings, please!

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:36 pm  

Are our Cas contributors forgetting that their road infrastructure requires a compulsory purchase order funded by the council!

Without that nothing is getting built for the Tigers at GH

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:37 pm  

For me this seems to be going only one way at the moment and thats ground share followed soon by a merger between the 2 clubs. I cant honestly see the point in all the bickering between us and cas fans anymore - after 27 pages no-one is getting anywhere and all people have is rumours and bull.

Anyway,
If we were to merge I dont think I could personally feel passionate about a team that didnt have wakefield in it. cas fans will say the same the other way round. Im 50/50 whether I could support a merged team with a name that didnt have either cas or wakey in it. I think I would go watch but dont think I would feel the same if it wasnt wakey.

I do feel however WMDC should build a stadium for the city of wakefield and the people of wakefield. Again going back to an earlier post what other leisure facilities does wakefield have apart from lightwaves and thornes park?? Its a sad state of affairs for generations to come if a stadium in wakefield wasnt built regardless of whether glasshoughton gets the go-ahead or not. There is a bigger picture here not just for rugby but for everyone in wakefield to have a facility to be proud of and for future generations to use. This alone will surely have big implications on the councils review.

Time will only tell but im past the stage of getting angry and pi**ed off now.

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:37 pm  

youngcat wrote:

We got away with using Oakwell last time, i can not see it working again.

Would Barnsley allow it?

Would the RFL allow it?

Would the Wakey fans travel in numbers to make the venture viable?

not for a full season we didnt, dead in the water idea, we dont survive financially at belle vue ffs! what sort of team would you get if we also had to pay ground rent, lost drinks income, etc etc.

oh and at present there are no wakey fans in numbers, and i need cheering up!

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:38 pm  

Fully wrote:

Would Barnsley want you there? Also, would the RFL see this is a quick attempt to exploit another franchise and disallow it. I feel pushing that option would be futile.

Yes to both!!!
Can't see what the rfl could do about it, half of SL clubs are tennants and even in Newmarket we would be.
Ok it's not in the immediate area, but if it was only while we are progressing with Newmarket then at least we are seeking to improve our situation, which is at least a sign of possitivity, i think?!

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:38 pm  

rugbyball wrote:

You could not afford to survive at Oakwell. You would lose crowd numbers, your identity, ground related income streams.

And as a side note, have you asked Barnsley about this yet? Do they get a say in it.

Yes Trinity would lose supporters, as they would at GH. However, at Oakwell there is a possibility of picking up new support from the local area where as this is very unlikely in Cas.

Also there would be the added benefit of returning back to Wakefield to Newmarket which again would not be an option should Trinity move to GH.

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:39 pm  

kinleycat wrote:

What is our business plan, and what are it's failings, please!

oh come on KC! we havnt got one that stacks up for this year mate!

Re: Stadium Statement : Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:40 pm  

The Clan wrote:

Are our Cas contributors forgetting that their road infrastructure requires a compulsory purchase order funded by the council!

Without that nothing is getting built for the Tigers at GH

And if they are not supporting our ground, they cannot support cas' either.